Golden State Foods

Golden State Foods
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood packaging, Agriculture, Food industry and Logistics
FoundedLos Angeles Area, California (1947)
HeadquartersIrvine, California
Key people
Brian Dick (President/CEO)[1]
Productsfoods and beverages wholesale
Revenue$5.1 billion USD (2022 estimate)[2]
Number of employees
over 6000 (2024)[2]
Websitewww.goldenstatefoods.com

Golden State Foods (GSF) is a US wholly management-owned and -run[3] business-to-business[4] company that serves quick service restaurants, including McDonald’s, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, KFC and Wendy's.[4][5] Through a joint venture with Taylor Fresh Foods Inc.,[6][7]: 213  GSF is one of the biggest and longest-serving suppliers to McDonald's restaurants,[8] including liquid products, and it is McDonald's third-largest beef supplier in the U.S. market.[9][10]

  1. ^ Brennan, Peter J. (24 July 2023). "Golden State Foods Names Brian Dick as CEO". Orange County Business Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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  4. ^ a b "The $4 billion CEO you've never heard of". Orange County Register. 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  5. ^ Loyd, Rich (22 May 2023). "GSF's Mark Wetterau Leaves Legacy of Integrity, Generosity". Orange County Business Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  6. ^ Greenspan, Lorie (2008). Golden Opportunities. Vol. 4. Industry Today. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020.
  7. ^ Hoover's handbook of private companies 2010. Austin, Tex.: Hoover's, Inc. 2010. ISBN 978-1-57311-137-9. OCLC 419862432.
  8. ^ Salahieh, Nouran; Lyster, Lauren (2020-07-28). "3 food suppliers in L.A. County ordered to close after 'significant' coronavirus outbreaks not reported to health department". KTLA. Retrieved 2020-08-11. Golden State Foods Corp. is one of the largest and longest-serving suppliers to McDonald's,
  9. ^ Haberberg, Adrian; Rieple, Alison (2008). Strategic Management: Theory and Application. OUP Oxford. p. 134. ISBN 9780199216468. It is now the largest supplier of liquid products and third-largest beef supplier to McDonald's in the USA
  10. ^ "Golden Opportunities". Industry Today. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2020-05-18.